AICC leaders emphasised that no meaning should be attached to the absence of some MPs during the meetings with Gandhi as everyone has been accounted for. Comment: Politics, thy name is bargainingBlog: UPA could miss the bus

Pakistan's Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has said that Pakistan will continue to extend political, diplomatic and moral support to the cause of Kashmir until a just and honourable settlement is reached as per the wishes of the Kashmiri people.

In this globalised world, the perks of foreign travel have never been so widely utilised. It is now in the nature of official business to travel to different parts of the world. The ministers of this high-flying government — UPA travelled at will to log enough miles to circle the earth 256 times. Archives: Official tourists